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We need to get these
individuals out, no matter what.
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There's children involved
and a person down.
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We have to engage.
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You're gonna have to get
this person to stop.
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Sheriff's Office,
come outside!
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The call came out.
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Luckily, I was about
a mile away.
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It wasn't the first house fire
that I've been in.
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But this is the first fire
where I've had uh...
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people trapped inside.
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As patrol officers,
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we're always out and about,
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and we always arrive
before the fire department.
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As Officer Turk and I
were going to the fire,
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I could start smelling
the smoke pretty quickly.
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There's flames shooting out
of the windows.
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I had never
seen anything like that.
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Something about hearing,
you know, a child's inside,
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the hairs on the back
of your neck stand up.
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Officer Devin Hunt
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joins officers Turk
and Bucaj at the scene.
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With the fire department
still five minutes away,
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it's all hands on deck
to rescue the trapped family.
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When I heard that there
were kids trapped,
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I knew that I was going inside
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and I knew
that would be dangerous,
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but I-- I knew there was no...
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no way that I could...
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not go in
and try and get them out.
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I'm just trying to find--
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My first instinct was to try
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and find a way
towards the back of the house.
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And Officer Turk
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quickly followed behind me
into the garage.
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The first thing we could hear
was a man screaming.
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The smoke was so thick.
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When I first went in
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and took a deep breath
of that smoke,
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I mean, it was like somebody
punched me in the throat.
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In addition to the man,
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officers have been told
there are three children
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trapped inside.
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I was scared.
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I was really worried for them.
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You need to get down.
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Once I kicked that door in,
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it helped ventilate the house.
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Obviously, heat rises and,
you know, cold air falls,
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and it just created
a nice flow underneath
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the crawl as low as I can.
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It's a plus and minus in a way,
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cause now you're feeding
the fire oxygen.
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Hey, come here.
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He--
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The first thing I saw
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was the man laying
on the ground on his back.
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Looks like he's unconscious.
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I'm stuck.
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I looked up and ended up
seeing the--
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the guy
that was screaming behind them.
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You got a girl?
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Officer Timothy Shingleton
arrives next.
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Being a father myself,
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whenever kids
are involved with anything,
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in-- in my opinion,
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they're-- they're
first priority.
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That's my main focus
as soon as I get there.
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There's definitely
a sense of fear
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uh... going into the fire,
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but I didn't really
take a lot of time
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to think about consequences
or anything like that.
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I just wanted to get
inside and help.
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Ah.
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Officer Shingleton
rescues the girl
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who was pinned under
the unconscious man.
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It was definitely amazing
to reunite her with her mom.
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The family was crying
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and just overwhelmed
that we were able to free her
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from the-- the situation
that she was in.
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But my mindset went back to...
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I'm not sure
if my partners are still inside.
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I don't know if they've freed
the other two.
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So I kinda just headed
straight back to the same door
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that I had originally
made entry into.
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The flames are starting
to come close to us,
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the environment
is getting hotter,
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the smoke is getting thicker,
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we don't have
the right equipment on
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to stop us from burning.
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We got to go.
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I don't know how
to save those two individuals
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and how to get out
of it alive.
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2
Officers from the Farmington
Hills Police Department
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are desperately trying
to rescue a family of eight
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from their burning home.
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In the chaos,
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it is unclear how many
people are still inside.
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I'm very stubborn.
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It's not always a good thing,
but in that instant,
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it was like,
"I'm not going to take a loss,
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we need to get these
individuals out no matter what."
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We try to get a hold
of his hands, sweaty.
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Your-- your palms are sweaty.
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You can't really fully stand up,
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because of how thick
the smoke is.
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I go back in to takeover,
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and... I grab onto his wrist,
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and I start feeling him move.
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And I'm blown away, because he's
been unconscious for so long,
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and seeing him sit up onto
his arms and start crawling,
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I didn't think that that was
ever going to happen.
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Girls outside?
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The newborn baby has already
been rescued from the home.
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Officers think
they have everyone
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out of the burning building.
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After pulling everyone out,
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you start to go into,
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"OK, are my partners safe?
Are my co-workers safe?"
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The fire department
arrives on scene
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to tackle the blaze.
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Just when you think
you're out of danger,
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something else comes up.
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OK, are we sure we got
everyone out of the house?
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It was definitely
panic inducing.
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You know, I started thinking,
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"What if we hadn't
found all of them?"
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It was a huge sign of relief
that we did not miss anyone.
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We got everyone out,
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and all of my coworkers,
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all the officers
were safe outside.
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We started to look into getting
medical aid for everyone.
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I was standing with the mother,
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and she had fainted,
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and I was trying
to wake her up.
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I believe the mother
did not realize
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that her daughter
was out of the house.
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She was still in complete
panic and shock.
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I couldn't begin to imagine
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how traumatic
this was for the family.
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I couldn't imagine,
you know,
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having a child
and not being able
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to help them
out of the house.
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I'm just glad that we were
there and able to,
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you know, make
a difference for them.
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All family members
are accounted for.
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The family was asleep
when the fire had started.
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The cause of the fire
remains unknown.
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All the kids are out, yes.
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I'll definitely never
forget this incident.
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It was really an incredible job
by everybody that was involved.
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I remember I was coughing,
like, nonstop,
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and one of the firemen was like,
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"I think you guys might need
to get checked out,"
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cause I could barely
say a sentence
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without nonstop coughing.
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So we ended up getting
loaded into the ambulance
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and taken to Corewell
Farmington Hills Hospital
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and inevitably getting intubated
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and-- and requiring, you know,
breathing treatment and...
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and medical aid for a few days.
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There was some scar tissue
built up in my lungs.
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But luckily,
recovery is doing good.
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I'm back to full duty.
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The family has recovered,
and everyone's safe.
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Multiple officers
from Oceanside PD
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are dispatched to the location
of the 911 call.
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Domestic violence
is a frequent call that we get.
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We can't get complacent.
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If we get there
and we don't assume the worst,
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we might be surprised
at what we're going to run into.
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But if we assume the worst,
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then at least
we're somewhat prepared
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to take action as opposed
to trying to play catch up.
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A second call comes in.
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There's a shooting involved,
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children involved,
and a person down.
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The people, my town,
needs me in that moment.
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We have to engage.
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2
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We have what's called
live 911 in the car.
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You can actually listen
to the caller.
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Sergeant Schickel
and Officer Moulder
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are the first on scene.
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As I get to the door,
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one of the children comes out.
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He says, "She's in the back."
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The front door is wide open.
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We actually entered the bedroom
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where the victim
was lying on the ground.
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Her pupils were dilated.
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She wasn't breathing.
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She had a head wound
that was significant.
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She had a couple of other
injuries that I noted.
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They appear to be
gunshot wounds.
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The woman is Kimberly Foster,
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mother of four,
including a four-year-old boy.
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Yeah, we just got to get--
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They saw their mom get shot,
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saw her on the floor,
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definitely gonna be in crisis.
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We need to remove
them from the scene
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for their own safety
and well being.
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That little boy
that was in that room
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is gonna remember
the last time he saw his mother,
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lying on the floor,
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and that's gonna--
that's gonna be with him
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for the rest of his life.
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Where there's a shooting,
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we can have
a couple of casings.
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In this case, there were eight,
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all directed at her.
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I would argue that there
was some level of hatred,
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at least in that moment,
towards her,
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and he was gonna
make her pay for it.
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We had other officers
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who interviewed
the victim's children,
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and they actually identified
who the suspect was by name,
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Dorian Larkin.
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Kimberly Foster's neighbors
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say she and Larkin had
a volatile relationship.
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He brought extreme violence
in front of children.
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He needs to be brought in.
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We did receive information
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that he was driving
a silver passenger car.
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With the technology,
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there's license plate reader
cameras really everywhere.
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You can't really drive without
hitting one of these cameras.
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It's harder to hide.
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At that point, we have
a hit at a particular location.
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Came back
to Temecula, California,
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30 miles away.
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Riverside County Sheriff's
deputies engage in a pursuit.
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They lead Larkin
back within city limits,
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where Oceanside Police
can pick up the chase.
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Larkin won't pull over.
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Officer Cisneros
joins the chase.
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We were alerted
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that he's going
southbound on the 15.
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Deputies are in pursuit of him,
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and he's coming
back to Oceanside.
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He's doing the same turns,
he's doing the same things,
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and he's buying time for himself
to plan his next move.
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I don't know
how much gas he has in his car
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or how many rounds
he has in his gun,
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but something's gonna happen.
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Officers get ahead of the chase
to set up stop sticks.
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We're pursuing a murder suspect
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who is still
armed with a handgun.
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It's still very dangerous.
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The only appropriate
thing to do
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is stop him
as quickly as possible,
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before he can hurt anyone else.
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The community is at risk.
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We need to catch this guy.
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2
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The murder suspect's vehicle
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runs straight
over the stop sticks.
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But the chase isn't over.
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He hit some spikes,
260
00:25:21,467 --> 00:25:23,100
and he continued pretty fast.
261
00:25:24,133 --> 00:25:26,000
At that point, I'm now
number two in the pursuit,
262
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,867
trying to maneuver
my way around
263
00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:31,000
to put myself
in the best position
264
00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:33,867
if he did crash and foot bail.
265
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,367
Larkin pulls his damaged car
266
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,667
into a shopping center
parking lot.
267
00:26:21,166 --> 00:26:24,266
The suspect, Larkin, was coming
out of the driver's seat
268
00:26:25,033 --> 00:26:26,400
and had the gun
in his right hand,
269
00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:30,166
kind of shooting it across
his body like this at us.
270
00:26:32,867 --> 00:26:37,266
That front door
of his car pops open,
271
00:26:37,967 --> 00:26:39,467
and I'm looking right at him.
272
00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:42,667
I see his face,
and he's squaring me up.
273
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:46,900
I'm hearing the gunshots
go off.
274
00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:54,667
That's when it kind of
slows down and...
275
00:26:55,467 --> 00:26:56,767
those gunshots
get pretty muffled,
276
00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:58,200
but I can see
the orange flashes
277
00:26:58,767 --> 00:26:59,500
right in front of me.
278
00:26:59,934 --> 00:27:01,567
It was just...
279
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:02,867
kind of just...
280
00:27:03,533 --> 00:27:05,100
just survive at that point.
281
00:27:05,533 --> 00:27:06,200
Don't get hit.
282
00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:16,567
That's when I get up
on my gun
283
00:27:17,233 --> 00:27:17,967
and I start shooting at him.
284
00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:22,700
We have to engage violence,
not because we want to,
285
00:27:23,266 --> 00:27:23,867
but because we have to.
286
00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:26,900
Yeah,
I won't hesitate to bring it.
287
00:27:33,967 --> 00:27:36,100
We don't have, like,
night vision or stuff like that,
288
00:27:36,934 --> 00:27:38,100
so I don't know
if he gets hit or not.
289
00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:42,467
Larkin abandons his car
290
00:27:42,967 --> 00:27:43,767
and flees on foot.
291
00:27:44,734 --> 00:27:47,266
Now we're going
from a closed shopping center
292
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:49,066
to occupied homes,
293
00:27:49,767 --> 00:27:51,200
so now the immediate threat is,
294
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,367
is he going to break
into some somebody's home,
295
00:27:54,233 --> 00:27:55,166
and then are we
gonna have a barricade,
296
00:27:55,734 --> 00:27:56,367
hostage-type situation?
297
00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:39,867
Officers close in
and surround Larkin,
298
00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:42,000
who is lying
in the middle of the road.
299
00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:43,200
Get up!
300
00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:54,100
He is on the ground,
laying on his back
301
00:28:54,533 --> 00:28:56,066
and not moving.
302
00:29:03,767 --> 00:29:04,867
We're gonna approach him.
303
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:08,367
- Right in.
- OK.
304
00:29:20,233 --> 00:29:21,400
As we started to walk up,
305
00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:23,667
you definitely could
see a-- a handgun
306
00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:25,900
in his right hand,
right at his head.
307
00:29:37,667 --> 00:29:39,266
It was my belief at that time,
308
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,800
he had inflicted
his own gunshot to himself.
309
00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:53,600
The deceased subject
is identified as Dorian Larkin.
310
00:29:54,633 --> 00:29:55,800
Once we confirmed
that he was dead,
311
00:29:56,633 --> 00:29:57,767
I won't say
it brings me back down,
312
00:29:58,767 --> 00:29:59,900
but now we know
that the threat is neutralized.
313
00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:04,266
I mean, the biggest thing
314
00:30:05,166 --> 00:30:06,367
is he's not a threat
to officers anymore.
315
00:30:13,133 --> 00:30:14,266
OK.
316
00:30:17,066 --> 00:30:20,066
He tried to kill
a lot of people on scene.
317
00:30:27,767 --> 00:30:29,767
He's shooting at the police.
He's shooting at the badge.
318
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:31,367
I don't take it personal.
319
00:30:32,433 --> 00:30:34,367
At the same time, people didn't
get put to justice.
320
00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:36,700
Him being dead on the ground,
321
00:30:37,367 --> 00:30:37,867
he decided that for himself,
322
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:39,867
and he ended on his terms.
323
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,667
I think the most significant
thing that stands out here
324
00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:45,600
is the violence in front
of children,
325
00:30:46,233 --> 00:30:48,166
cause that's pretty rare.
326
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:50,667
The child that walked me
into the apartment,
327
00:30:51,867 --> 00:30:54,400
you could clearly see the sense
of urgency to help his mom,
328
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,767
but... there was nothing
we could do.
329
00:30:57,567 --> 00:30:58,367
That family's gonna
be devastated.
330
00:30:59,233 --> 00:30:59,567
those children
are gonna be devastated
331
00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:00,967
for the rest of their life.
332
00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:13,967
Three, two, one!
333
00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:17,500
And there they go!
334
00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:21,266
The Skyway 10K is underway!
335
00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:23,767
The annual Skyway 10K race
336
00:31:24,767 --> 00:31:27,100
is taking place across
the iconic Skyway Bridge
337
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,667
between Terra Ceia
and St. Petersburg.
338
00:31:30,867 --> 00:31:32,367
The bridge's southbound lanes
339
00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:34,400
will be free-flowing
and open to traffic,
340
00:31:35,433 --> 00:31:37,400
but the northbound lanes
will be closing at 3:30 AM
341
00:31:38,033 --> 00:31:39,900
and will reopen at 11 AM.
342
00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:42,867
You're looking at anywhere
from 7,000 to 8,000 runners
343
00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:44,500
coming northbound
across that bridge
344
00:31:45,266 --> 00:31:47,000
over the course
of several hours.
345
00:31:47,834 --> 00:31:50,166
Sergeant Carter
and Trooper Schuck
346
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,266
from the Florida Highway Patrol
347
00:31:53,333 --> 00:31:56,400
are stationed at the I-275
northbound Toll Plaza.
348
00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:58,900
I am the closest
to the race participants,
349
00:31:59,633 --> 00:32:00,567
so if anything's
going to happen,
350
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,000
the last person
they're gonna get to is me.
351
00:32:05,066 --> 00:32:06,900
Everybody was
having a good time,
352
00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:09,667
and, you know, it was getting
towards the end of the race.
353
00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:28,600
Came over the radio,
354
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,600
and said that a vehicle
had broken through the detour
355
00:32:32,266 --> 00:32:33,867
and was traveling northbound
356
00:32:34,734 --> 00:32:36,567
in the closed section
of the roadway.
357
00:32:38,967 --> 00:32:40,467
On the south side
of the bridge,
358
00:32:41,467 --> 00:32:43,500
a driver has smashed
through the barricade
359
00:32:44,367 --> 00:32:46,367
and is speeding
toward the runners.
360
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,667
I was worried because
this hasn't happened before.
361
00:33:00,433 --> 00:33:02,467
We have now people on a bridge,
362
00:33:03,633 --> 00:33:06,300
and they have nowhere to go,
if a car comes through this.
363
00:33:19,367 --> 00:33:20,400
There were still
364
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:22,567
thousands of people
still on that bridge,
365
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,367
and so I said,
"Toni, Allan, go stop her."
366
00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:31,266
I just accelerate
as fast as I can
367
00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:32,800
to go southbound
368
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,000
to try to intercept
the car coming northbound.
369
00:33:36,133 --> 00:33:38,767
I want to get as far away
from the bridge as possible,
370
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:40,400
because I want to have
371
00:33:41,567 --> 00:33:43,500
enough time to do whatever
I need to do to stop the car.
372
00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:53,400
At that point, you get
373
00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:55,367
a little bit
of a knot in your stomach.
374
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:56,767
You get, um, you know,
375
00:33:57,734 --> 00:33:58,700
the hairs on the back
of your neck stick up,
376
00:33:59,233 --> 00:34:00,066
and you're thinking,
377
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000
"OK, what's going on?
This is not normal."
378
00:34:04,433 --> 00:34:07,667
Officers station themselves
in front of the Toll Plaza
379
00:34:08,533 --> 00:34:10,000
and try to get
the driver to stop.
380
00:34:30,767 --> 00:34:32,767
It's going through your mind.
381
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:34,567
What's the intentions?
382
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,700
A possible terrorist
attack does play into it.
383
00:34:39,867 --> 00:34:42,200
Was she going to plow
through the runners
384
00:34:43,133 --> 00:34:44,000
and, you know,
try to hurt and kill people?
385
00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:45,567
We didn't know at the time,
386
00:34:46,567 --> 00:34:47,967
and that's why
it was so critical to stop her.
387
00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:56,800
When she hit the Toll Plaza,
388
00:34:57,567 --> 00:34:58,667
she was roughly
about a half mile
389
00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:01,300
from where the runners
actually started running.
390
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,000
The suspect driver
is coming up behind them.
391
00:35:04,900 --> 00:35:05,700
They're running
in the opposite direction,
392
00:35:06,734 --> 00:35:08,600
so it's not like you
could even see this coming.
393
00:35:09,633 --> 00:35:10,500
There's a wall,
and then there's a wall,
394
00:35:11,066 --> 00:35:11,867
and then there's water.
395
00:35:12,567 --> 00:35:13,367
There's nowhere for them to go.
396
00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:17,467
Even if somebody at the tail
end started screaming,
397
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,767
the people in the middle
wouldn't know anything about it.
398
00:35:26,467 --> 00:35:29,867
Watching her coming past
that second checkpoint there
399
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,266
with those other officers,
you now realize
400
00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:34,800
that you're gonna have
to take some sort of action
401
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,066
to get this person to stop.
402
00:36:12,266 --> 00:36:13,367
2
403
00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:57,367
Take it easy.
404
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:01,734
She's right here.
405
00:37:11,734 --> 00:37:14,166
After she goes
through the Toll Plaza,
406
00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:17,000
she encounters Sergeant Carter,
who's directly in front of me.
407
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:18,734
She kind of veers around him.
408
00:37:19,533 --> 00:37:20,500
In my mind
I'm thinking to myself,
409
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,100
"I'm the last one.
410
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,100
"Slow her down,
block the road.
411
00:37:26,567 --> 00:37:27,600
"Be an obstacle,
412
00:37:28,233 --> 00:37:30,100
"Force her either to stop
413
00:37:30,533 --> 00:37:31,367
or veer off."
414
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,567
It was just within
those last seconds
415
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,734
that I realized
she wasn't gonna stop,
416
00:37:37,834 --> 00:37:39,467
and then that's when
I pretty much braced for impact.
417
00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:48,734
I don't initially have pain
418
00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:51,100
because I have all that
adrenaline going on,
419
00:37:51,967 --> 00:37:53,000
but I wanted to get out
of the vehicle,
420
00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:54,467
because, of course, you know,
421
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:56,967
your next concern is,
is the car gonna catch on fire?
422
00:37:58,100 --> 00:37:59,166
Come on, Toni.
423
00:38:00,233 --> 00:38:01,166
She's right here.
424
00:38:01,734 --> 00:38:02,367
Did it stop her?
425
00:38:03,033 --> 00:38:04,400
Realizing that she did stop,
426
00:38:04,967 --> 00:38:06,467
you kind of have that...
427
00:38:07,433 --> 00:38:08,367
you can just
breathe a little bit,
428
00:38:08,934 --> 00:38:10,100
but it's not the end.
429
00:39:04,066 --> 00:39:07,266
When I arrived on scene,
uh, within a few minutes
430
00:39:07,967 --> 00:39:09,100
of-- of the crash occurring,
431
00:39:09,967 --> 00:39:12,367
Toni's vehicle was still
on the roadway,
432
00:39:13,166 --> 00:39:14,767
devastating damage
to the vehicle.
433
00:39:16,033 --> 00:39:18,367
Toni was already being treated
by emergency medical personnel.
434
00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:21,000
The suspect's vehicle, again,
435
00:39:21,934 --> 00:39:23,066
devastating damage
to that vehicle as well,
436
00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:25,667
uh, had spun out
along to the shoulder.
437
00:39:27,266 --> 00:39:29,667
Trooper Schuck
sustained a concussion,
438
00:39:30,233 --> 00:39:31,467
two herniated discs,
439
00:39:32,066 --> 00:39:33,200
and a tear in her back,
440
00:39:34,033 --> 00:39:35,600
leaving her
with lifelong injuries.
441
00:39:37,467 --> 00:39:40,900
We are not trained to go
head-on with any vehicle,
442
00:39:41,767 --> 00:39:43,867
and that was not
my intention that day.
443
00:39:44,734 --> 00:39:47,066
My intention was
to get her to slow down
444
00:39:47,934 --> 00:39:49,734
or to get her
to swerve off and stop.
445
00:39:50,633 --> 00:39:52,100
The crash was not the intent.
446
00:39:52,633 --> 00:39:53,600
The crash was, um...
447
00:39:54,333 --> 00:39:55,467
the crash was--
was her choice.
448
00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:56,667
She struck me.
449
00:39:57,834 --> 00:39:59,834
The suspect, Kristen Watts,
450
00:40:00,734 --> 00:40:02,467
sustains a broken ankle
in the crash.
451
00:40:04,066 --> 00:40:07,367
After stating she suffers
from mental health issues,
452
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:10,600
Watts pleads guilty
to driving under the influence
453
00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:13,200
with property damage
and personal injury
454
00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:16,734
and fleeing or attempting
to elude law enforcement.
455
00:40:17,633 --> 00:40:19,000
She's sentenced
to 10 years in prison
456
00:40:19,633 --> 00:40:21,100
and four years probation.
457
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,867
I don't even think
she knew what she was doing.
458
00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,100
Her level of intoxication
459
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:30,100
uh, was...
460
00:40:30,834 --> 00:40:32,100
over three times
the legal limit.
461
00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:35,300
A head-on collision
462
00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:37,066
is probably
the deadliest collision
463
00:40:37,734 --> 00:40:38,767
to get any vehicle to stop.
464
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:41,767
Ever since I've been
in law enforcement,
465
00:40:42,567 --> 00:40:43,567
I carried
my grandmother's Bible.
466
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,000
My grandmother, um...
467
00:40:48,367 --> 00:40:50,867
she, uh, was like
a second mother to me.
468
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,667
When my mom was at work,
she took care of me.
469
00:40:56,900 --> 00:40:58,567
I think I had
a guardian angel.
470
00:41:00,066 --> 00:41:02,100
I hope it was her.
I think it was her.
471
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:07,166
Following Officer Schuck's
intervention,
472
00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:10,734
the Skyway 10K event
finished without incident.
473
00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:13,567
Toni Schuck is a hero.
474
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,166
The innocent people
that were there
475
00:41:16,867 --> 00:41:18,000
didn't even know it occurred.
476
00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:21,667
So the word hero for her,
absolutely, yes.
477
00:41:23,166 --> 00:41:26,200
There's a lot of what-ifs,
and you think,
478
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:27,867
"Damn, I'm lucky.
479
00:41:28,734 --> 00:41:30,066
I'm lucky
that I walked away from it."